Twelfth-Point Minute

Many of you are members of a large, organized religion. You might be Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Jewish, or any one of a number of others. As you know, part of being a Boy Scout is having a belief in God. Every time you repeat the Scout Oath or Law, you reconfirm that you will do your duty to God, and that you are reverent. Keep in mind that some members of your patrol and troop might not belong to a regular church group. That doesn’t mean they don’t believe in a higher power. Native Americans believe that the Great Spirit is the life force that flows through all living things and controls the wind, fire, and the Earth. You might think of the Great Spirit as Mother Nature. Nature has created a world for its creatures that allows them to live and prosper, from the lowest insects to the mighty eagle. To me, that sounds like a higher power at work. It doesn’t matter to me how you believe in God— whether you attend church every week or simply respect the power of nature as the Native Americans do. But I can’t imagine how this world could have come to exist without God, and I don’t want to think about where it will go if he isn’t there to guide us.

Christmas Party, 17/12/07

5.55pm

Opening ceremony

6.00pm

Christmas game - The leader calls out different types of Christmas activity and the Beavers act the part.

6.10pm

Musical chairs – Christmas CD

6.25pm

Food and drinks (donations welcome)

6.40pm

Musical statues

6.55pm

Short prayer

Closing Ceremony

Hand out letters to parents

Christmas Cards, 12/12/07

5.55pm

Opening ceremony

6.00pm

Game: Who Am I?

A list of occupations

Leader calls out the name of jobs or occupations and the Beavers need to act out what they are. (i.e. A window cleaner, bus driver, traffic warden) If the game goes well, whisper an occupation to one Beaver at a time, and see if the others can guess what it is from the mime.

6.15pm

Make a Christmas card

Using crayons, card, glue, glitter etc., ask the Beavers to make a card for a member of their family with some congratulatory words inside.

6.30pm

Blanket game – Beavers run around room until whistle is blown, they curl up in a ball on the floor with their eyes closed. One beaver is covered with a blanket and the other Beavers guess who it is.

6.40pm

Dragons Tail – Beavers stand in circle and jump over bean bag tied to rope.

6.55pm

Short prayer

Closing Ceremony

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

“Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.”

A Good Turn

Does anyone know when the Boy Scouts of America was started? It was the year 1910. Now for a tougher question: Who started the BSA? Not Baden-Powell. He started Scouting in England. It was an American businessman, William D. Boyce.

In 1909, William Boyce was wandering around London and got lost in a dense fog. A young boy found him and led him to his destination. The boy refused to accept a tip from Boyce, saying that he was a Boy Scout. That intrigued Boyce, and he later asked the boy to take him to meet Lord Baden-Powell.

Because of that meeting, Boy Scouts of America was officially organized in 1910, and there have been more than 93 million Americans involved in the BSA since then.

The Scout slogan is “Do a Good Turn Daily.” That is what the Boy Scout in 1909 did for William Boyce, and that is what you should always try to do, every day—a

Good Turn, without expecting reward.

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

“Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I’ll show you a poorly uniformed leader.”

Bonfire Night, 05/11/07

5.55pm

Opening ceremony

6.00pm

Firework game: call out names of different fireworks and Beavers enact the actions

6.10pm

Sparklers (bring gloves and coat) – need bucket of water

6.25pm

Hot dogs and drinks

6.40pm

Bonfire night craft – to be confirmed

6.55pm

Short prayer

Closing Ceremony

Notes: Beavers are invited to bring a friend along next week, aged 6 or 7

The X Words

There are two X words that we use frequently in Boy Scouting—eXperience and eXample. You learn Scout skills by eXperience. We know that the way to learn is by doing. When we go on camping trips, you get the eXperience you need to master your skills. When you start to teach other Scouts what you know, you set the eXample. But much more important than teaching Scout skills is the eXample you set in your life. Do you always wear a clean uniform at Scout meetings? Are you careful with the language you use? Do you always finish your work before playing? Remember to think about the two X words every day.

Aeroplanes, 15/10/07

Chat about who has been in a plane, what was it like, where have they been, did they enjoy it etc etc

Craft – making planes

Light polystyrene planes, elastic bands, sellotape.  Will they fly?!

Try flying the planes

Will they fly and who’s will fly the furthest?

Game – corners

Hanger, runway, control tower, terminal

Name the different corners after different parts of an airport.  The Beavers “fly” around, arms outstretched listening to commands from “air traffic control” (leader).  If “change flight path” is called they need to fly in the opposite direction

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

“The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.”

A Simple Cloth and a Common Thread

They are woven of simple cloth and common thread. They are no more than an inch and a half in diameter, and weight no more than a couple of ounces. They are priceless, yet cost less than a dollar.

They have the power to turn struggle into courage

Self-doubt into self-esteem

Indecision into leadership

The unknown into knowledge

And the most magical metamorphosis of all, the transforming of a boy into a man.

What are these mysterious things: merit badges.

Sports Enthusiast, 14/09/07

5.55pm

Opening ceremony

6.00pm

Fitness Challenge & Sports Enthusiast:

Talk to the Beavers about how their six-week fitness plan has gone.

What they have discovered with their body overall

Test Beavers who are ready for the Sports Enthusiast.

6.40pm

Catch the Haggis

Split the Colony into four teams of equal numbers; you may need to adjust the number of teams or balls to make the game fair. Each team stands in a line spaced across the area of play with their supply of balls at one end and a bucket at the other. The object of the games is to pass all of the balls from one end of the line to the other by throwing and catching the balls. Only one ball can move at a time and everyone must throw and catch every ball. The winning team is the first one to move all of their balls into their bucket.

6.55pm

Short prayer

Closing Ceremony

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

“It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.”

Experiments, 24/08/07

Scavenger hunt

Let the Beavers find objects that begin with the letters E A S T E R

Rats and rabbits

2 lines of Beavers back to back, one pace away from each other.

One line = rabbits

One line = rats

A line is drawn across the room at each end

To play:

The leader calls out R r r r r r r r r r rabbits or R r r r r r r r rats (rolling the r's to keep the Beavers in suspense).

The Beavers on the side which has been called try to get behind the line at their end of the room, while the other side chases them. Those who are caught join the chaser's side - repeat until exhaustion sets in!

Easter Nest

Cooking chocolate - appx 4 squares per nest

Shredded Wheat - one per nest

4 - 6 Small chocolate eggs

Melt the chocolate in a pudding basin over a pan of hot water. If well supervised and in smaller groups this can be done using camp stoves letting the Beavers watch how the chocolate is melted

In a large bowl crumble the shredded wheat and pour in the chocolate. Let the Beavers mix it in

After washing hands - let the Beavers mould into a nest shape (appx 8cms in diameter)

Leave to cool

Add the eggs - and a small picture of a chicken (coloured by the Beavers)

Two Kinds of Buckets

(You will need two buckets that are the same size to make this effective.)

Two buckets equal in size when filled to the rim will hold about the same amount of water. Neither bucket has a hole so, as long as they are not moved, they are equally effective holding water. However, one bucket has a bail, or a handle to carry it by, and the other does not. Have you ever tried to carry a bucket without a handle? The water will slosh out and you usually spill most of the contents. The bucket with a handle is easily movable, and the contents can be carried with little or no spillage. (You might have two Scouts demonstrate moving the two buckets.) People are sometimes a lot like the buckets. Some are out of control; leaving splashes everywhere, they go for someone to clean up after. Others are like the bucket with a handle, leaving no mess or bother. Which kind of bucket are you?

Experiments, 10/08/07

Paper Aeroplane, Making, colouring and Flying

 

“A4 Paper and Paper Clip”

Float and Sink /

Water and Coaster Test

Count Beats / Breaths

Lodge Races…

Walk, Skip, Hop and Run

Min / 2 min and Sit Test

Close eyes, count minute/s and sit down.

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

“The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.”

Hands, 27/07/07

5 Dots

Equipment

• Pencils
• Paper

1. As the Beavers come into the hall give them a piece of paper and a pencil. He/she puts 5 dots anywhere on the paper and passes the paper to another player.
2. The second player has to draw a person with head, both hands and both feet each touching a different dot.

After a set time, eg. 3 minutes, all display their drawings. Leader picks out the best, neatest, funniest, cleverest etc.

Bunnies

All sit in a circle.

One player is the chief bunny and places their two thumbs against either side of their head (like antlers) and waves their fingers up and down.

The two players on each side are half bunnies and have one hand (nearest to the chief) against their head.

To pass the 'bunny' the chief bunny must point at another player with both hands, ensuring that their hands leave the side of their head.

The new chief must be quick to assume the necessary position, as do the new half bunnies.

A 'dummy bunny' is where the chief points, but his hands do not leave his head.

If a player falls for a 'dummy bunny' or is too slow then they are out.

Helpful Hand Plate

You need:

Paper Plate

Paint

Lace and/or Ribbon

Glue

Instructions:

1. Paint one palm the desired colour and press it onto the paper plate.
2. Once the paint dries, glue the lace around the edge of the plate and then add the ribbon for hanging.
3. Don't forget to write the Beavers's name, age, and date on the plate!

For a little variety, use coloured paper plates.

Bench Ball

Equipment

·         Two stable chairs or other items a goal keeper can stand on.

·         A ball, or more than one if you feel like making it more interesting

Game Description

Benchball is just a variation of netball, where the goals are replaced by a member of the team (the "goal")

When playing with Beavers you may wish to place Helpers/Leaders on or besides the chairs.

Setup:

1.      Place two chairs at opposite ends of the playing area.

2.      Define/mark off goal areas in which no player is allowed to go.

3.      Select two teams.

4.      Each team has to elect a "goal".

5.      (Now for the bit that always causes confusion) The elected "goal" has to go and stand on the chair behind the opposition team (don't know why but however you explain this it never seems to sink in!)

Rules:

1.      No player must go into the goal area.

2.      Physical contact must be kept to a minimum, and no "snatching" the ball out of player's hands.

3.      No player is allowed to take more than 2 steps with the ball.

4.      The ball must be thrown (without bouncing) to your keeper for a goal to be scored.

5.      Team with the highest score at the end wins.

Optional Rules:

1.      Once a goal is scored the "goal" must change -AND/OR-

2.      When the referee shouts "Change Goals" the "goal" must change.

Notes:

1.      This game benefits from a "sin-bin"

2.      With a large number of players you may wish to complicate the issue by introducing more than one ball or even more than two goals (if you are playing in a large hall or outside)

3.      Suggested maximum team sizes are about 10. If you have more you could split them up and have a team "sitting out", cheering on the opposition.

All the Beaver Scouts have to draw around their hands and cut them out

Hand animals - make (on A4 paper) animals from the hand shapes - octopus, hedgehog etc

Hand tree - the Beaver Scouts write a good turn that they would like to do onto their ’hand’ and then stick it onto the tree (draw onto A1 paper) They can also colour the tree

Ball game - head and hands - make it harder by calling head and the Beaver Scouts have to catch etc

Gurning

Make a fist - use the space between finger and thumb to make a mouth - paint on lips, eyes, nose and have some fun!!!

OR

Try learning some simple Deaf sign language

Parable of the Toothpaste

(You will need a small tube of toothpaste to make this‑effective.)

Have you ever squeezed too much toothpaste out of a tube of toothpaste and tried to put it back in the tube? It can’t be done, can it? No matter how hard you try, the toothpaste is out of the tube forever. Toothpaste is similar to unkind words. Once unkind words come out of your mouth, you cannot take them back. So when you are tempted to say something unkind, remember the parable of the toothpaste, and keep the unkind words to yourself.

Faith, 13/07/07

Simon Says (usual rules)

Chat about the faith badge and the programme for the evening

Explain that we were only pretending to only have one hand – can the Beavers think why some people can only use one hand (broken arm, stiff joints, cut hand etc.)

Ask the Beavers to help do some simple tasks – then explain that they can only use one hand!

The Beavers have to put one hand behind their backs and then have to try to do some everyday things:

Tie a knot; pull some lego bricks apart; take the top off a drinking cup; put a card in an envelope etc….

We are all very lucky that we have 2 hands and can do lots of things with them. Direct the Beavers to go to the craft tables where they have a ‘big hand’ each in front of them. Explain that the finger is pointing upwards towards God because we all need to thank Hum for our hands and the things we can do with them.

Craft: A big hand

On a4 card (or paper) draw a large hand with the 1^st finger pointing upwards for each Beavers.

The Beavers have to cut out the hands and colour them. Ask them to write onto the hands 5 things that we can do with our hands (stroke a dog, clean our teeth etc…).

When this is done stick a lolly stick onto the back of the hand so that the Beavers can hold them.

Game:  Under and over relay with ball

Beavers in relay lines have to pass the ball over their heads.

Repeat – pass the ball between their legs.

Repeat – alternate over and under

Closing Ceremony and payer

Hands to greet and fold in prayer,

Hands to bless and show you care,

Hands to clap and hands to raise,

Hands to show our love and praise.

Amen

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

“O God, help me to win, but in thy wisdom if thou willest me not to win, then O God, make me a good loser.”

Three Uniforms

Tommy Lasorda, former manager of the Los Angles Dodgers, says that he has worn three uniforms in his lifetime, and that all three were very important to him. The obvious one is that of Dodger blue, as he managed the Dodgers to many pennants and World Series during his colourful baseball career. The second uniform was when he served his country and wore the uniform of the U.S. Army, and distinguished himself as a good soldier. The third uniform, of which he is equally proud, was when he was a young boy, and he wore the uniform of the Boy Scouts of America.

Insects, 22/06/07

Find the bugs - pictures around the room and a list per Beavers to find the names.

Creepy Crawly game

BSL calls out insects and Beavers do the actions.

On the call freeze they have to stand still

Butterfly - flap arms. Caterpillar - wriggle on floor. Snail - crouches on floor and move slowly. Bee - moves around quickly and buzzes.

Sweet bugs

Chocolate marshmallows and liquorice laces & sweets to make beetles, ladybirds or any other insects

Pom-Pom Bugs

Using pre-made pom-poms and pipe cleaner, wool etc make 'bugs'

Spider & the fly - like cat & mouse

Beavers stand in lines with finger touching. One Beavers is fly and one the spider. Spider has to chase fly and try to catch him without touching the "Beavers Webb"

Egg Carton Insect Craft

Materials Needed:

• Egg Cartons
• paint
• Glue
• Misc Supplies (wiggle eyes, felt, pipecleaners, sequins, etc)

Instructions:
Use egg carton cups to make a variety of insects!

Cut a long row of cups and make a caterpillar.

Use two sections and some tissue paper and make a butterfly.

Make a spider with long, pipecleaner legs!

Antennae Headband

Materials Needed:

• Construction Paper
• Crayons, Markers, or Paint
• 2 Pipecleaners
• 2 Pom-poms
• Glue
• Stapler or Tape

Instructions:

Using the construction paper, cut out a strip of paper about 2 inches thick and long enough to wrap around the Beavers’s fore head (make sure you make it an inch or two longer so you can staple the ends together.)

Use crayons, markers, and/or paint to make the headband colourful.

Glue the pom-poms to one end of each pipecleaner.

Put the other end of each pipecleaner up against the centre of the strip of paper, about 4-6 inches apart.

Staple or tape them in place.

Once the antennae are attached, staple or tape the ends of the strip together to snuggly fit around your fore head.

A few other options: Before attaching the pipecleaner to the headband, wrap them tightly around a pen or pencil to give them a fun, spiral shape. You can also decorate the headband itself with the pom-poms!

Dragon-fly

Materials Needed:

• Lolly Stick
• Paint or Markers
• Glue
• Sequins
• Thread
• Clear Packing Tape

Instructions:
You can use paint or markers to colour the lolly stick whichever colour you like. If you want to be more realistic, you can colour a blue body with a green head. Glue two sequins on for the eyes.

 

Cut many pieces of black thread. Pull off a piece of clear packing tape about 6 inches long (you can also use clear contact paper!). Set down the piece of tape sticky side up and start sticking the pieces of thread to it. This will look like all the little lines on a dragonfly's wings!

Once you are satisfied with the amount of thread you have on your tape, place the lolly stick on the tape (figure 2). Tear of another piece of tape the same length ads the first one. Lay it on top of the first piece of tape, sticky side down. This will cover the tape and also keep the lolly stick in place! Now trim the tape to look like the wings (figure 3),and you are done!

If you like, you can also add 6 pipecleaner legs to your dragonfly!

Ants on a stick

Materials Needed:

• Celery Stick
• Peanut Butter
• Raisins (or any small, dark food such as chocolate chips)

Instructions:
A very simple snack idea! Fill the centre of the celery stick with peanut butter. Place a few raisins on top to be your ants. Eat and enjoy!

Caterpillar puppets

Materials Needed:

• Cotton Sock
• Yarn
• Buttons
• Pom-poms
• Pipe Cleaners
• Ribbon
• Glue
• Markers

Instructions:
Glue a variety of pom-poms (or cotton balls), buttons, yarn, and/or ribbon onto the sock to make a colourful caterpillar. Cut a pipecleaner in half and push both of them through the toe of the sock to make antennae. Use a marker to dry eyes and a mouth if you want. Wear the sock on your arm to make a fun puppet.

Honeycomb Bee painting

Materials Needed:

• Large Piece of Paper
• Course Sponge
• Paint
• Markers

Instructions:
Dip the sponge in yellow paint. Dab the sponge on your paper lightly. This should leave big holes here and there so it looks like a honeycomb! Set it aside to dry.

Once the yellow paint is dry, use black paint, or whatever colour you like, and make some fingerprints on your honeycomb picture. These are the bodies of the bees. Use markers to draw wings and whatever other features you want.

Optional: Squirt little dabs of glue here and there in some of the holes on your picture. Once it dries, it will give the effect of honey dripping out of the honeycomb!

O you could paint the yellow honeycomb part by applying yellow paint to a piece of bubble wrap and then dabbing the bubble wrap on your paper.

Bee Puppet

Materials Needed:

• Paper Plate
• Black Glove (stretchy kind works well!)
• Glue
• Wiggle Eyes
• Felt
• 1 Inch Pom-Pom
• Pipecleaner

Instructions:
Colour the paper plate what ever flower colour wanted. Cut around the edge of the paper plate to make petal shapes (figure 1). Cut a hole in the centre of the paper plate that is just big enough for the Beavers index finger to fit through (figure 2).

   

Put on the glove and poke their index finger through the hole in the paper plate. The finger will be the bee puppet! Glue the pom-pom to the end of the finger. Glue the wiggle eyes onto the pom-pom. Cut short pieces of pipecleaner for the bee’s antennae, and glue them onto the pom-pom. Cut thin strips of yellow felt and glue them around the finger to look like the bee's stripes. Use felt and make wings for the bee and glue them on.

Ladybird Treasure Holder

Materials Needed:

• Plastic bowl / dish
• Black Acrylic Paint
• Felt
• Black Pipe Cleaner
• Wiggle Eyes
• Glue or Glue Gun

Instructions:
Paint the dish black and set it aside and allow it to dry.

Trace around the dish to make a circle on a red piece of felt. Cut out your circle, but cut it about 1/2 inch larger than your tracing. Cut the circle in half. Cut tiny circles out of black felt and glue them on your red half circles to be the ladybird's spots.

Spread glue half way around the top edge of your painted dish (figure 1).

Place your two half circles onto the top edge of your dish. The half circles should come together to form a circle, and you want them to join in the centre of your glue line (figure 2).

Once dry, you can fold back the bottom of the wings to reveal the inside of the can (figure 3)!

Ladybird (another idea with a bowl)

Materials Needed:

• Small White Paper Bowls
• Shirt or Cereal Box Cardboard
• Glue
• Paint (preferably red and black)

Instructions:
Use scissors to cut the ladybird's feet out of lightweight cardboard (or a cereal box!). Turn the bowl upside down and glue them to the underside of the rim. Use paint to decorate the back of the bowl to look like a ladybird!

Spider’s web

Materials Needed:

• Black Paper
• White Yarn
• Glue

Instructions:
Using the glue, squirt lines on the paper in whatever spider web design you want. Lay the yarn on the glue lines and set it aside and let it dry. Add a few small plastic spiders if you like!

Spider Puppet

Materials Needed:

• 1 Black Stretchy Glove
• 2 Large Black Pom-poms
• 2 Wiggle Eyes
• Glue

Instructions:
Let the Beavers put their hand in the glove, glue on one pom-pom right behind the knuckles on the back of the hand, glue on the other pom-pom just behind the first so they are touching. Glue the wiggle eyes on the pom-pom nearest the knuckles. You now have a cute spider puppet that will crawl around when the Beavers wiggles their fingers!

Spider Biscuits

Ingredients:

• 2 Chocolate Wafer Cookies
• Chocolate Frosting
• Mini Chocolate Chips or M&Ms
• Black Lace Liquorice

Instructions:
Spread the chocolate frosting on the flat side of each biscuit. Cut a piece of liquorice into 8 pieces about 2 - 3 inches long. Stick the liquorice on the frosting on one of the biscuit so they look like the spider's legs sticking out (4 sticking out on each side). Then put the other biscuit, frosting side down on top of it to hold the "spider legs" in place.

Using the frosting as your "glue", add 2 eyes using the chocolate chips or M&Ms and enjoy!

Denmark, 08/06/07

Talk about Denmark

Denmark is one of four countries that make up the area of Europe called Scandinavia. The others are Sweden, Norway, & Finland. It is a country made up of lots of islands (about 500) , trees and has lots of snakes.

The Danish flag is the oldest national flag in the world - it has been used for over 700 years. Legend says it fell from the sky during a battle.

The world's most accurate clock is in the town hall in Copenhagen - the Olsen clock - and has only lost ½ a second in 300 years.

Viborg is probably the oldest town in Denmark.

Lego bricks are made in Denmark - the word comes from lege godt which means play well .

The Vikings came from Denmark and invaded Britain in the 8th century. They used long boats. King Canute was a Danish king who ruled England from 1016 - 1042.

Denmark is famous for its bacon, fish and Smorrebord open sandwiches.

Trees and Snakes

2 teams in straight lines raise arms to form arches - these are trees. 2 other teams face them holding hands - to form a chain -these are the snake. On "GO" the snakes wind in and out of the trees. The first back in position wins. If a tree is knocked over the snake is disqualified. To make in harder call "wind is blowing" and the trees wave their arms up and down.

Island Bases:

Island One: Viking Helmets and swords, make as template

Island Two: Bacon Butties, let the Beavers watch the cooking of the bacon and then make themselves a butty.

Island Three: Viking Boat, make as template

Island Four: Smorrebrod, try some traditional Danish "buttered bread" with different toppings. These may have started in the days when rounds of bread were used as plates. Each is a little meal in itself.

Fishing

Each lodge has a bucket containing (card) fish with rings, and a rod with a hook. See which team can catch the most fish in relay in a set time.

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

“There is no teaching to compare with example.”

France, 25/05/07

Opening Ceremony

Try it in French - Bonjour etc

Build the Eiffel Tower

Like a beetle drive using parts of the tower for each dice throw

Food tasting

Let the Beavers try the following foods - can you think of some more?

French Bread

Garlic Bread / sticks

French Toast

Apples

Cheese

Onions

The Onion Relay

On the lines of a potato relay - using old tights stuff with paper to make the onion!

Cork in a Soda Bottle

Hold up a soda bottle with a cork inside it and ask, “Does anyone know how to get the cork out of the soda bottle without breaking the bottle?” Allow Scouts to offer opinions of how this might be done, and allow several to try to get it out. Ask, “Can you think of any items that would help get the cork out of the bottle?” Again you probably will get some more opinions. After hearing some ideas, pull a piece of heavy string out of your pocket, and ask if you believe that a piece of string will do the job. As you demonstrate, explain that the key to removing the cork with the string is a knot tied on the end of the string. Run the knotted end into the bottle, turn the bottle upside down with the small end of the cork turned toward the crown of the bottle. Gently pull the string out, and as the knot slides against the cork, it will pop out. Explain that the knot is the key to the success of removing the cork. Add, “If something as small as a knot can serve such an important role, think how important each of you are to your patrol and troop.”

Greece, 11/05/07

Mini Olympics

Base 1 - Javelin Throwing with straws

Base 2 - Discus with paper plates

Base 3 - Long jump

Base 4 - High jump

Flag and Collage

Beavers create a Greek flag each - using paper and straw for the pole

Then make a collage using holiday brochures

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

“We do not want to make Scout training too soft.”

Jamaica, 27/04/07

Game -  Bean Bag Toss

Popular game played by children in Jamaica.  For the colony can be played in teams.  Each team is given a bean bag. First Beaver in each team faces backwards and sees who can throw their beanbag the furthest. Each Beaver has a turn, points awarded and added up.

Alternatively if your HQ are too small play team style with a bucket in front of each team. Each Beaver in the team and 3 throws to see you gets the most beanbags in the bucket. Points awarded.

Craft  - Fruit Monsters / Animals

A selection of cut up fruit and cocktails sticks given to each lodge. This is the chance for Beavers to be creative and make weird and wonderful creations.

The craft can be made of cheaper fruits such as apples, bananas, oranges. But worth having a small selection of tropical fruits from Jamaica of which there are many for the Beavers to taste.

Limbo Dancing

Lots of fun – Play Reggae Music with 2 leaders holding the cane as the beavers dance threw. Lowering as they go.

Language – The official language of Jamaica is English, spoken in proper fashi Jamaican accent. But the language of everyday is Patois (Pat-wa) a combination of English, Spanish, Portuguese.

Patois                                                                        English

Ello dere                                                                     Hello there

Ketch yuh layta                                                          Catch you later

Whey yuh a sey                                                         How is it going

Ow ole yuh is                                                 How old are you

Mi Fren                                                                       My Friend

Mada                                                              Mother

Fada                                                               Father

Nyam                                                              Eat

Likkle                                                              Little

Ax                                                                    Ask

Bwoy                                                               Boy

Gal                                                                  Girl

Food Tasting – Jerk Chicken, Dumplings, Rice with peas & Beans